First Nest
The back story of this partnership I have with this pair of American Robins
I noticed a robin nest in a tree in my front yard. The single chick in the nest looked like it would be fledging any day.
It did in fact fledge a couple of days later.
At the time I also had a pair of Carolina Chickadees nesting in a box in my front yard, not very far from my front door. I decided to get some mealworms to feed to the chickadees. These turned out to be too large and the chickadees were not interested. That’s when a female robin came up my walkway, very interested in the mealworms I had to offer. This was around the 4th of June 2026. I noticed she was not eating the mealworms but was instead taking them to the fledgling who was now perched in a tree just across the street. The father also came to collect as much as he could in his beak to take to the fledgling.
Life was good for this pair. I went through 1,000 mealworms in about a week and a half. It got to the point where any time I came to the door, Momma Bird would run over to me. Even when she was across the street, she would run to my walkway rather than fly.
There was a brief time, the fledgling came to the tree in the front yard while I was feeding the parents. They both flew up to feed it - I had the whole family there.
I suppose the mother thought things were going so well she could start on another nest. This time she picked a hanging flower basket right off my walkway. I have a good view of the nest from a 2nd floor window.
Dad was still feeding the fledgling when she laid the first egg.
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